Malay

Malay is the mother tongue of the Malays and the lingua franca for other ethnic groups in Malaysia, including the Chinese and Indians. Malay used to be written using Indian characters and later also with Arabic characters, but now uses the Latin alphabet.

Countries with Malay as official language

Malaysia
Singapore

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Prior to translation and interpretation

Before ordering a translation or interpreter, it is a good idea to know which country the translated material will be used in and which country the person to be interpreted comes from. This is particularly important for translations into languages which are spoken in many different countries, since the same language may be written differently and in some cases with different alphabets.

Language code

ms

Alphabet

Latin

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